Category: Science

New genetic results reveal a previously unknown wave of people settled in South America 1,300 years ago and that Indigenous Americans carry remnants of a

Here’s all the stargazing gear you need for May’s night sky. Be ready for two full moons, a meteor shower, and a pretty cool solar

Do you know Earth’s highest peak, deepest point, and more? Test your knowledge about our planet in this quiz.

NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Amy Jaecker-Jones of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County about a worldwide community science project happening this weekend

The AI models and chatbots that we interact with tend to affirm our feelings and viewpoints — more so than people do, with potentially worrisome

A gene therapy made by Regeneron is the first treatment of its kind approved for genetic hearing loss.

Astronaut Chris Hadfield discusses the value and risks of space travel, his emotional response to the Artemis II mission, and his love of music ahead

A close inspection of 27 fossil jaws from finned octopuses challenge the longstanding belief that the apex oceanic predators of the Cretaceous were all vertebrates.

Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest invertebrates ever.

NASA’s SPHEREx mapped water ice across vast regions of the galaxy, confirming that an essential molecule for life on Earth abounds in space.

Scientists have found that young stellar cousins of our Sun are calming down and dimming more quickly in their X-ray output than previously thought, according

The Orion heat shield used for the Artemis II mission held up perfectly, early photos and a NASA assessment reveal.

Engineers have found a way to fine-tune tiny artificial neurons to fire like real brain cells.

A pair of lucky photographers snapped a stunning time-lapse shot of a fireball meteor streaking in front of Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) as it shone